Installing Rivendell
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NOTICE: As of Mid 2020, this article contains some out-of-date information. Please update it with more current details if you have them.
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RHEL/CentOS
CentOS is the “reference” operating system distribution for Rivendell. All feature development and bug fixes are conducted on CentOS.
This web page (maintained by Paravel Systems) contains detailed instructions for installing Rivendell version 3 on CentOS version 7.
Ubuntu Xenial (16.04)
Rivendell can be compiled / installed onto a Ubuntu machine. The instructions to do so can be found here.
Debian 8 (Jessie)
Rivendell can be compiled / installed onto a Debian 8 (Jessie) machine. Just follow these instructions.
Debian 9 (Stretch)
This page quickly relates how to install Rivendell 3 (v3.0.3) on Debian9.
Debian 10 (Buster)
This page quickly relates how to install Rivendell 3 (v3.2.0) on Debian10.
Unbuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) and Linux Mint 19.3
This page covers how to compile from source and install Rivendell 3 (v3.5.0) on Ubuntu 18.04. It has been reported these instructions also work on Linux Mint 19.3.
Downloading Rivendell Source from GitHub
Visit the Github repository to clone or download the Rivendell source code. You can also visit the releases page to download an archive of the stable source code.
Compiling Rivendell from Source
See Compiling Rivendell from Source
Old outdated things
All information below is out of date and needs to be updated (22nd Feb 2018)
Debian
Rivendell on Debian 6 (Squeeze). This is intended as a beginners guide that will walk you through getting Rivendell, JACK and Pulse Audio working with Debian 6. It is screen shot and explanation heavy.
Debian packages are available from the repository at debian.tryphon.org. Detailed instructions to Install under Debian.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu packages are available from the repository at debian.tryphon.org. Detailed instructions are available here.
The easiest way to install Rivendell using Ubuntu is to use the RRAbuntu Live CD installer. You can also test it out without installing the software.
A complete guide for installing Rivendell on Ubuntu 11.04 can be found here.
Other Linux Distributions
You can install Rivendell by compiling from source for other linux distros. Source code is available with instructions in a tarball or zip file on the main Rivendell website in the download section.
